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be off

English translation: "Be off" can mean "in a situation of" or "starting off"

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English term or phrase:be off
Selected answer:"Be off" can mean "in a situation of" or "starting off"
Entered by: Jenni Lukac (X)

09:58 Dec 13, 2013
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: be off
From online training:

Every person in XXX needs to understand the new strategy – otherwise we could be off working as hard as we can – but going in the wrong direction.

what does 'off' means in this context?

we would be "ok"?
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Poland
Local time: 23:02
"Off" can mean "in a situation of" or "starting off"
Explanation:
"Off" is an idiomatic addition, here indicating initiating an activity or "in a situation of working...
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 23:02
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4 +8"Off" can mean "in a situation of" or "starting off"
Jenni Lukac (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
"Off" can mean "in a situation of" or "starting off"


Explanation:
"Off" is an idiomatic addition, here indicating initiating an activity or "in a situation of working...

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty: It is for me. I had set out an answer virtually the same as yours, hit the wrong button, it disappeared, and by the time I'd got it ready to go again, your answer had appeared.
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack. This sounds like a Friday the 13th question. That happens to me quite frequently and often the system just freezes on me.
agree  BrigitteHilgner
19 mins
  -> Thanks very much, Brigitte.
agree  Victoria Britten
1 hr
  -> Thanks very much, Victoria.
agree  Richard Sanders: Rick Sanders
1 hr
  -> Many thanks, Richard.
agree  William Murphy
4 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, dasein_wm.
agree  Ashutosh Mitra
4 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Ashutosh. Have a nice weekend.
agree  Anna Herbst
16 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Anna. Have a nice weekend.
agree  Phong Le
9 days
  -> Cheers and thanks, Phong. Best wishes for 2014.
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